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World Sankirtana Party Arrives in Calcutta

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on October 8, 2024 at 6:38pm

Srila Prabhupada returns to the city of his birth, accompanied by his “dancing white elephants.”
By Rajasekhara Dasa Brahmachari
The people of Calcutta happily welcome Srila Prabhupada’s “dancing white elephants.”

This excerpt, taken from Chapter Seven, retains the book’s style for Sanskrit and other considerations. The b

Visitor From Calcutta by Hayagriva Dasa

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on February 5, 2024 at 2:30pm

I first see him just after crossing the Bowery at Houston Street. As he passes before the iron-mesh fence of a playground, I distinctly glimpse the aura of saintliness. I watch him through the rushing traffic and stumbling derelicts.

He strolls almost jauntily down the sidewalk. He is an old man whom age has never touched. Aloof from the people and bustle about him, he walks proudly, independently, his hand in a cloth beadbag. He wears the saffron robes of a sannyasi, and on his feet are quain

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